Neil Larson / MaxThink

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Aug 28, 2023 at 03:09 PM

I am surprised that there is no wikipedia entry for Neil Larson, a pioneer in software thinking tools.

Listerene wrote:
If he’s still alive—and I think I remember hearing of his death but I
>could be wrong—he must be in his mid-80’s by now (so in the best of
>cases, he might not now be the dude you remembered). AFA Maxthink for
>Windows, there’s a buy/download link on maxthink.com but it wasn’t
>functioning for me & I wouldn’t trust it even if it were.
> >I was a pretty heavy user of the dos version a LONG time ago and at one
>time there was a not-copy protected dos version floating around in (what
>must’ve been) the early 2000’s (whether official or not, it was the
>actual app) BUT it did not age well and it wasn’t much worth using.)
> >Time to move on; modern outliners might not have the quirky personality
>of MT but they’re infinitely more capable. While I, too, sometimes get
>nostalgic over the early days—when 1-man shops were blazing trails
>forward & home-grown user-groups ruled the day—the reality is that
>they really weren’t terrible GOOD trails & rulers and they’re probably
>best relegated to the dustbin of history.
> >Nevertheless it WAS an exciting time and I’m glad I experienced it.
>That being said, this thread is making me feel very old.